I hope that kid gets a beating. I don't say that much, but direct purposeful pet cruelty is one of the worst things. Even if the bum and kid were arguing or the kid did it unwarranted, there is never a valid reason

4 months is a better sentence than he would have gotten in most places here.

Too many people are hung up on the idea that animals aren't people, but fail to recognize that from a purely property standpoint that animals are worth quite a bit to their owners and are as replaceable and irreplaceable as children.

I have ZERO problem with people using whatever amount of force is necessary to defend their animals the same way they can their children or selves. I also feel that way about using force to stop people from stealing or intentionally destroying anything of value that belongs to another. My stuff is replaceable, but the time I put into working for the money to buy it is not. My (past/future) animals had unique 'personalities' and were quite irreplaceable.

If you don't want to be stabbed/shot, don't hurt people's animals, don't steal their stuff, stay out of their cars, don't hurt their kids, and don't hurt them.

I cannot give you back your bunnies, but maybe I can give you justice. In the name of King Robert, the first of his name, king of the Andals, lord of the seven kingdoms and protector of the realm........